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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. COLLEY, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, 'ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W. HIGBY,OF SAME PLACE.

CORSET-STEEL FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,015, datedSeptember 13, 1881.

l Application filed June 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. GoLLEY, of the city and county of Jackson,and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement inCorset-Fastenings, ot' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fastenin gs forcorset-fronts, by means of which the two parts of the front are easilyand readily secured together after the corset has been drawn around thewearer; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction andcombination of the parts', as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification,my corset-fastening is shown in perspective, with one springlatchdetached and shown reversef.

A represents the steel for one half of the front, and B the steel forthe other half', and this latter is provided with the usual studs, a.

Near the lower end of the steel A is secured rigidly the`1oop b, whichis ot the usual construction. At proper distances apart, above thisloop, there are pivoted the hooks c, which are designed to engage withthe studs upon theopposite'steel. Over these hooks are secured the casesd, and within each of the cases is secured the spring e, which forcesthe outer end of the hooks upward to the limit of the case.

In practice the lower loop is engaged with its corresponding stud, whena side pressure will cause the remaining studs to engage with thesloping edges ofthe hooks and torce them down againsttheir springs untilthe two steels are brought into contact their whole length, when thesprings will cause the hooks or latches to engage with the studs andhold them rigidly together. 4o

To disengage the parts the lower loop is tirst disengaged and the steelB slightly raised vertically, when the ent-ire front is unloosed.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a corset, and in combination withthe steels thereof', a rigid stud upon one steel and a hook pivoted tothe other steel and kept in its normal position by. a spring,substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

2. In a corset-fastening, the steels AB, pro- 5o vided at one end withan ordinary stud, a, and loop b, in combination with additionalfastenings, consisting of studs (t on one steel and sliiring-pivotedhooksoon the other steel, substantially as and for the purposespecitied.

3. A corset fasteningconsistingot'a recessed shell, d, pivoted hook c,and spring e, in combination with the steels A B and a suitablefastening-stud, substantially as described.

GEO. H. COLLEY.

Witnesses:

W. J. REYNOLDS, L. C. CHANDLER.

